IBM Servers Firmware Update Process

Procedure for IBM Firmware upgrade====================================

1. Check the machine type dmidecode|grep -i prod

2. Check the OS type uname -a; cat /etc/redhat-release

3. Check the current firmware levels dmidecode|grep -i [[]

GOTO IBM Site to confirm any updates available

www.ibm.com/support

4. Copy the appropriate IBM Update express installer from l51hmp01 /export/home/src/IBM_Firmware

EX: uxspi500.rhel4 for RHEL4(32 and 64 bit) scp uxspi500.rhel4 <target-server>:/tmp/firmware/

5. Run update express installer script to acquire the updates

EX ./uxspi500.rhel4 acquire --os=rhel4 --machine-type=7141 The valid operating-systems are: all, none, windows, rhel3, rhel4, rhel5, rhel6, sles9, sles10, sles11, and vmware

NOTE: This can be done on any server, so preferably run this on one of our test boxes and then tar the folder and scp to the target server.

6. Run update express installer script to compare the current updates with already installed firmware

EX: ./uxspi500.rhel4 co

7. Run update express installer script to update the firmware on the server

EX: ./uxspi500.rhel4 up Confirm all to update the selected firmware

8. Reboot the server to allow the new firmware to take effect.